Eleven years ago I started a blog with a very simple post titled “Backyard Blizzard Birds.” That post highlighted three backyard birds that were doing their best to get through a bad snow storm.
Dark-eyed juncos were one of the highlighted birds in that first post. As I dust off this blog and prepare to re-start it with the first post in a long time, I thought it fitting to highlight some Dark-eyed Juncos from a recent snow storm.
The Dark-eyed Junco is a small sparrow-sized bird that is comprised of two predominate races, the Slate-colored Junco, as seen in eastern US and parts of Canada, and the Oregon Junco, which is found in western US. However, there are about 15 distinct races, all with varying shades and amounts of gray and other colors in differing geographies within the US and Canada.
The snowy Dark-eyed Juncos highlighted below are the Slate-colored race, a very common bird in winter in eastern US.
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Love your artistic touch😊
Thank you Denise!!
Beautiful photos Scott.
Thank you Diane!!